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(No Model.)

C. P. PIKE.

WATER GLosET.

Patellted Jan. 9, 1883.

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Unirse STATES afreivtr tierce.,

CHARLES F. PIKE, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGIOR TO THE NATIONAL ANTI-SEWER GAS COMPANY, OF OAMDEN, NEW JERSEY.

WATER-CLOSET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 270,335, dated January 9, 185.3.

Application tiled August 7, 18812. (No model.)

To all whom 'it may concern Be it. known that I, CHARLES F. P1Kn,a citizen ofthe United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State ot' Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Water-Closets, of which the following is a specification,reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure l is an elevation, partly sectional. ofa water-closet embody ing 4my invention. Fig'. 2 is a detail section. Fig. 3 is a detail section of' lower part ot' the bowl and the clapper. 'Fig'. 4 is au elevation ot' a disinfectantcontaining reservoir, and Fig. 5 is a section of a plug or valve water-closet embodying my invention.

illy invention has relation to water-closets, havmg especial reference to that class ofclosets wherein a clapper or a plug-valve is employed to hold the sealing-water in the bowl, and has for its object to so construct such closets that a contin uonsly-running seal is provided therefor, and also i'or the opening in the container or receiver, through which passes the rod or lever operating said clapper or valve.

My invention accordingly consists of the novel combination, construction, and arrangement ot' parts, as hereinafter describedv and claimed.

Referring to Fig. l ot' the accompanying drawings, A represents a water closet bowl; B, the container; O, the clapper-valve for the bowl, having segmental gear and rack operatingmechanismcc; D,thewater-supplypipe;

E, a suitable cool; therefor; F, the tiushingpipe,'and G the usual lever or rod for controlling the opening and closing of cock E and the movement ot' rack rod c to operate the clapper O,snid rack-rod being pivoted orloosely secured at o2 to lever G, as shown, and it passes through a bearing or opening, b, in the lid B ot' the container. Said bearing is elongated or projects above said lid, and is formed with longitudinal recesses or slots b in its eye or opening, as plainly indicated in Fig. 2.

Surrounding bearing b is au annular llange, b2, cast on the lid B', thereby forming a chamber or receptacle, B2. Upon the rod c2, and surrounding bearing b, is placed an inverted cup, EI.

I represents a pipe having a small bore, connected at one end to flange b2 and at its opposite end to water-supply pipe D, through which water is designed to continuously tlnw into chamber B2 and seal the edge ot' cup H to pre- 55 vent the escapeof sewer-gas from opening or bearing b. When such water rises to the top of said bearing it passes into retainer B by way of the slots b', so that a flow ot water is constantly7 passing into and out of chamber B2 6o to form arunning-water seal therefor.

a represents another branch from the watersupply pipe D, having a bore of about the same size, or, if desired, somewhat larger than that ot' the pipe I. rlhe pipea leads into the water- 65 closet bowl A at a', or inline with or above the top of the sealing-fluid in said bowl.

K representsau overliow -pipe for bowl A, having a trap, 7c, formed` therein, and is connected to the container, as shown at k. The 7o bowl A,v is ushed in the usual manner, and cock E has the customary or other suitable construction for admitting the sealing water to the bowl after the clapper O is returned to its Seat. The water,constantlytlowingthrough the pipea to bowl A, and thence through overiiow-pipe K, renews or keeps the seal in said bowl in a comparatively pure state, so that it will absorb any sewergas that may ind its way through valve O. lt is apparent, there. fore, that a running-waterseal is provided for bowl A and chamber B2, and such vruiming the water, passing oli' to the container B, forms a flowing-water seal for the usual P or S tra-p below the same and in the soil-pipe.

Any suitable form of clapper O may be employed; but I prefer to use Athe construction shown in Fig. 3, wherein the clapper is provided with a peripheral rubber tube, O', which seats against the lower edge of the bowl, as illus- 9o trated.

'It' desired, a disinfectant-holding tank or re ceptacle, L, (shown in Fig.4,) may be located in the paths ot the pipes` I and a., so that the Water tlowing thronghsaid pipes passes into such tank L. and becomes charged with the disinfectant therein, thereby converting it into a disintecting liquid, to provide a ruiming seal of disinfecting Huid or water for bowl Aand chamber B2. Ion

In Fig. 5 I have shown the application of my invention to a water closet bowl not having a eontainer,but which is provided with the usual plug-valve, M. The pipeI is connected thereto at fi, and the overiow pipe K is arranged as shown. By such construction a rnnning-water seal is provided therefor.

It' desired, the branch pipe a may be dispensed with and the cock E arranged and constructed as shown and described in an application filed by me October 5, 1881, to permit the flow of water for bowl to pass thereto through the tlnshingvpipe F. Vhen the lastdescribed construction is employed the disinfectant-containing reservoir L is placed in the path of the flushing pipe F, for the purpose hereinbefore set forth.

What I claim as my invention isl. A water-closet howl providedwith asealing-valve and a water-supply pipe having a branch which leads into the bowl above said valve, in combination with au overtlow pipe, the lower end of which connects with the bowl below its sealing-valve, substantially as shown and described.

2. In combination with a water-closet bowl, a clapper, C, operating mechanism therefor passing through a bearingr in the container, a chamber surrounding said bearing, a. watersupply pipe for the bowl, having a branch leading to said chamber, whereby a runnng-water seal is provided for said bearing, substantially as shown and described.

3. A water-closet howl provided with a sealing-valve, a water-supply pipe, a flushing-pipe, an overowpipe,and a connection between the supply-pipe and bowl, whereby a flow of Water continuously passes from said supply pipe to the bowl, substantially as set forth.

4. The retainer or receiver B, having bearing or opening b, with slots b,in combination with inverted cup H, substantially as shown and described.

5. The combination, with a water-closet bowl, of cock E, finishing-pipe F, supply-pipe D, and branch I, to form a running seal for said bowl, substantially as shown and described.

6. rlhe combination, with a water-closet bowl and its seali11gval\e,ot' water-supply-pipe connections for the bowl, and an overflow -pipe therefor, arranged substantially as shown and described, whereby a ruiming seal is provided for the bowl and for the operating-rod of the sealing-valve, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I aix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES F. PIKE.

Witnesses:

S. 'J. VAN STAVOREN, GaAs. F. VAN HORN. 

